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1·The crunch came when she returned from America.

她从美国回来以后，危机就出现了。《牛津词典》

2·Iceland, the first nation to go bankrupt in the credit crunch.

冰岛是第一个在信贷紧缩中破产的国家。

3·There is absolutely no credit crunch on the main streets of small businesses.

在小企业的主要街道上绝对不存在信贷危机。

4·Caught in a severe budget crunch, many states have sharply scaled back their funding for higher education.

由于面临严重的预算紧缩，许多州大幅削减了对高等教育的资助。

5·For most of the last decade, this trend has been upward, except for the most severe periods of credit crunch.

近十年的大多数时间里，这一趋势是向上的，除了信用危机最为严重的时期之外。

6·If there is one lesson everybody should take away from the credit crunch, it is that central bankers, no less than dentists, are only human.

如果说有一个教训是每个人都应该从信贷危机中吸取的，那就是央行行长和牙医一样都是凡人。

7·This advice is more relevant now than ever before, even as more parents want to embrace the ideas of their children, despite the current housing crunch.

这个建议现在比以往任何时候都更有意义，尽管目前住房紧缩，现在有更多的父母希望听取他们孩子的想法。

8·The U.N. is facing a cash crunch.

联合国正面临着资金短缺。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

9·The car drew up with a crunch of gravel.

那辆汽车在沙砾路上嘎吱一声停了下来。《牛津词典》

10·He can rely on my support when the crunch comes.

在关键时刻他会得到我的支持的。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

短缺

1·The U.N. is facing a cash crunch.

联合国正面临着资金短缺。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·In America the consequences of this credit crunch are being mitigated, at least for large firms, by the ability to tap the bond market.

在美国，至少对大公司而言，信贷短缺的后果正在被缓和，因为它们有利用债券市场的能力。

3·The company insists that it is illiquid, not insolvent, but the size of the loan suggests that its problems go beyond a short-term cash crunch.

美国国际集团坚称其只是没有流动资金而已，而不是破产，但是它贷款的规模却暗示着它的问题远超过短期现金短缺。

4·We would see a danger if prices fall a lot lower — that would exacerbate the chances of a medium-term supply crunch.

我们可以预见到这样的危险，如果价格下跌的很大——那将加剧中期供应短缺的机会。

5·Some are worried there's a spending crunch coming … and the diplomas are obviously more costly.

有人担心会有经费短缺出现……而且文凭明显会更加昂贵。

(1)credit crunch信贷紧缩；信贷危机（等于credit crisis）

(1)crunch time关键时刻；关键时间